Wondolowski, Montero to be featured in new behind-the-scenes MLS series

Fans hoping to get more behind-the-scenes looks at MLS players in their preparations for matches and a glimpse into their everyday lives are in luck.

Chris Wondolowski and Fredy Montero will be the first two MLS players featured in MLS 36, NBC Sports Network's behind-the-scenes look at MLS players over the course of a 36-hour span. MLS' integration to the NBCSN series is the latest in the line of sports joining boxing, IndyCar and the NHL.

Wondolowski's episode will air on Sunday at 9:30 p.m. after the broadcast of the Portland Timbers-FC Dallas game. NBC's cameras followed Wondolowski in Philadelphia in the build-up to the MLS All-Star Game, which will be the focus of his episode.

Montero's episode will air on Friday, Aug. 10, at 10 p.m., following the New York Red Bulls-Houston Dynamo broadcast, and it will be centered on the 36 hours in the run-up to Seattle's World Football Challenge match against Chelsea — a game in which Montero scored two goals.

More players and episodes will be announced and shown as the season continues to unfold.

What do you think of this development? Do you plan on tuning in for this series? Which MLS players do you want to get a behind-the-scenes look at?

I’ve been hoping they would do this for a while. Not so much for the league exposure domestically, although that will be a boost, but for the fact that it will entice more celebrity-minded players to come to the states and play while cementing their international celebrity in the form of a television show. I hope the idea takes off, and in a few years, MLS lands Cristiano Ronaldo who uses the TV show to become Beckham v.2